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A Review of Central Asian Trans-border Issues Associated with Environmental Problems and Hazard Mitigation

2014; Springer Nature (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-94-017-9538-8_4

1874-6543

N. G. Mavlyanova, Igor V. Denisov, В. А. Липатов,

Global Energy Security and Policy

Numbers of regional natural disasters have arisen over recent decades, which can be directly attributed to the impact of unconstrained, economic development on or by the geological fabric of Central Asia. Central Asia covers the territories of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Before the political breakup of the former Soviet Union, all these countries were administered centrally. After the disintegration of the USSR, when the five republics became independent, each state determined their own political, economic and environmental procedures; it was not long before transborder environmental issues started to occur. Specifically, the lack of coordinated environmental policies led to situations where economic activities conducted in one state, created or initiated ecological consequences in neighbouring states. This paper reviews the main transborder issues principally associated with natural and man-made hazards involving waste contamination from extractive industries and water and energy resources.